Naked Gun reboot
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Voorhees27
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First off this is the dumbest remake idea ever and second I can't stand Ed Helms. Peace out. I hope this remake crap fails miserably.
Don't worry it will
TheObsoleteMan
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One of the reasons Nielsen was so effective in the Naked Gun movies (and Airplane too) is that for most of his career he was known for being a heavy dramatic actor. Having a guy like that deliver the most absurd dialogue in a deadpan, matter of fact way was lightning in a bottle.
Centurion
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I'm all for another slapstick comedy, ala Naked Gun, Dumb & Dumber, etc, but why make it a reboot? Just call it something else. After all, I'm sure all the jokes will be different anyway. It would be lame if they did all the same things again.
The Chev
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I think I'll just watch the originals and if this never gets made, I'll dance.
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Ed Helms is probably the worst choice they could have made for this. Terrible.
galmando
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What I loved about Leslie Nielson is that he often gave the impression that he was aware of how insane the events surrounding him were
His facial expressions and delivery were just perfect
I can't think of anyone now who has that quality
Maybe Jason Bateman, maybe.
His facial expressions and delivery were just perfect
I can't think of anyone now who has that quality
Maybe Jason Bateman, maybe.
greygoose
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I know, something along the same lines as the Naked Gun but under a different name and different characters. So just a different film altogether.
Just when the idea of this horse **** was bad enough... it's going to be a more of a sequel instead of reboot.
"It was announced last month that Paramount Pictures had signed Ed Helms to lead a reboot of the comedy franchise The Naked Gun. Today, CraveOnline caught up with co-screenwriter Ben Garant (who writes alongside creative partner Thomas Lennon) and learned that the project isn't so much a remake as a sequel.
"Right now we're calling it 'Episode IV – A New Hope,'" Garant says. "That will change, but that's the working title... Our take is that Ed Helms is Frank Drebin, no relation. That's how he introduces himself."
Based on the earlier short-lived ABC TV series "Police Squad!"(which also starred Leslie Nielsen and was created by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker), three films were released including The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988), The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991) and The Naked Gun 33 /3: The Final Insult (1994).
Similar to what was done with John Singleton's Shaft, J.J. Abrams' Star Trek or even the surprisingly franchise continuity-faithful Herbie Fully Loaded (that Garant and Lennon also drafted), The Naked Gun will use the "no relation" joke to offer a rebooted protagonist without technically contradicting the events of any of the previous films. In fact, Garant suggests that his aim is to capture the style of the original films without repeating the specific storyline.
"We are trying to reinvent the world," he says, "because that world was very 'Dragnet,' but we're trying to fit in 100 jokes a page... It's going to be a lot of fun. We’re very much embracing the style.""
https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=113348
"It was announced last month that Paramount Pictures had signed Ed Helms to lead a reboot of the comedy franchise The Naked Gun. Today, CraveOnline caught up with co-screenwriter Ben Garant (who writes alongside creative partner Thomas Lennon) and learned that the project isn't so much a remake as a sequel.
"Right now we're calling it 'Episode IV – A New Hope,'" Garant says. "That will change, but that's the working title... Our take is that Ed Helms is Frank Drebin, no relation. That's how he introduces himself."
Based on the earlier short-lived ABC TV series "Police Squad!"(which also starred Leslie Nielsen and was created by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker), three films were released including The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988), The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991) and The Naked Gun 33 /3: The Final Insult (1994).
Similar to what was done with John Singleton's Shaft, J.J. Abrams' Star Trek or even the surprisingly franchise continuity-faithful Herbie Fully Loaded (that Garant and Lennon also drafted), The Naked Gun will use the "no relation" joke to offer a rebooted protagonist without technically contradicting the events of any of the previous films. In fact, Garant suggests that his aim is to capture the style of the original films without repeating the specific storyline.
"We are trying to reinvent the world," he says, "because that world was very 'Dragnet,' but we're trying to fit in 100 jokes a page... It's going to be a lot of fun. We’re very much embracing the style.""
https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=113348
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Worst. Idea. Ever. Just kill this movie with fire....or nuke it from orbit. This was Nielsen's role....no one else's.
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